Unlike Secretary Lin's wife, Su Yu pretended to know nothing. The second time she went out to buy materials, she happily greeted everyone, acting as if they were very familiar with each other.
He was laughing and joking with others in front of Secretary Lin's wife.
Others, seeing her enthusiasm and generosity, and feeling indebted to her for her hospitality, naturally couldn't bring themselves to ignore her.
Secretary Lin's wife was extremely annoyed, and the atmosphere in the compound began to change.
When Song Dongzheng returned for lunch, he heard her talking about the changes in the compound and asked curiously, "These family members used to get along quite well. How come they were so easily sowed apart in just one meal?"
As Su Yu added vegetables to the hot pot, she said, "You don't understand women. We women are possessive, and we absolutely cannot tolerate our friends and our mortal enemies getting together. Even if we know that they are only superficially friendly with me, we will feel uncomfortable after seeing it for a long time. Once that feeling starts, cracks will appear."
Song Dongzheng felt that female comrades were indeed the most difficult to understand.
The men there don't have these ulterior motives; they'll cooperate as long as there's mutual benefit. They don't care about who they're on good terms with or who they can't.
Just as he was pondering this, Su Yu placed a piece of tofu near his mouth, and he ate it subconsciously.
"So you'd better not get too close to other women," Su Yu said seriously.
Song Dongzheng: "..."
The women's affairs in the compound haven't yet affected the county party committee and county government. The men are still busy with their own plans.
As the year draws to a close, Song Dongzheng proposed that those ordinary people with unqualified political backgrounds should be given in-depth education.
At the county committee meeting, he slammed his fist on the table, criticizing the previous education work for being inadequate, which had led to people's lack of understanding of the new society and new ideas. Their cognition was still stuck in the past and lacked a positive and progressive spirit.
"I'm very disappointed. If you randomly grab one of them and ask them, they know nothing. What's worse, they don't even know why they need to be educated. It's a failure, a real failure."
Secretary Lin and the others exchanged glances, wondering what Song Dongzheng was up to.
They seemed to be vying for power and profit, so why did it suddenly turn to these former labor camp inmates?
"Comrade Dongzheng, what are your thoughts?" Secretary Lin asked.
"I have many ideas." Song Dongzheng solemnly showed Luo the notice he had on the in-depth education of reform-through-labor prisoners.
Looking at the list of labor arrangements for the reformatory members, it was packed full. The labor reform was reduced from a full day to half a day, while the rest of the time was spent studying in the afternoon and teaching literacy to the people in the evening.
"We must most effectively transform these backward people. We must transform them through labor and also make them contribute to the country. The higher authorities urgently need literacy campaigns, but the county has few people capable of going to the grassroots level to complete the task. These people used to use the hard-earned money of the people to study and learn to read; now it's time for them to pay back. Letting them complete the literacy campaign will also effectively save the county's funds. The county is poor, comrades. I'm not willing to support these backward elements for nothing."
"..."
Upon hearing Song Dongzheng's words, everyone was speechless and unable to refute him.
Of course, even if they couldn't refute it, they couldn't so easily agree to the young county magistrate's suggestion. What if he approved one suggestion this time, and then made another one next time? What if he got used to it?
Director Yang of the Propaganda Bureau said, "County Chief Song, this may not be easy. I am worried that it will upset the people in the county. It will not be good for the people to have these people who have been sent to labor camps to teach literacy."
"This is the job of the propaganda department. If you do a good job of propaganda and explain the pros and cons to the people, I don't believe the people won't accept it. Of course, if your propaganda department doesn't have the ability, I can arrange for someone to do this job. In that case, I will personally take charge of the propaganda bureau for the time being. What do you think, Director Yang?"
Director Yang: "..."
Secretary Lin, holding his teacup, said seriously, "Comrade Dongzheng, your suggestion makes some sense, but since no one has done it this way before, I think we should follow the organization's documents and carry out labor reform on them."
"Literacy education is also a form of labor. Which document from the organization specifies what these people should do? Secretary Lin, the county's previous reform work was inadequate, and we must actively correct it. Moreover, I have already submitted an application and reported the situation to the leadership, preparing to pilot this new approach as a pilot unit of the Jinhe County Party Committee."
This has already been reported to the organization, what else could be good about it?
Secretary Lin angrily picked up his teacup and took a sip. "My suggestion is that this matter should be decided by vote; we can't just act unilaterally."
Song Dongzheng smiled and said, "I agree with the vote, but I hope that those who oppose it will give me a reasonable explanation. Otherwise, I'll wonder if some people have become too comfortable with their lives and no longer care about the common people. I hope this request is reasonable."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Director Jin of the Public Security Bureau said, "When we need more people, the Public Security Bureau can't spare that many. The New Year is just around the corner, and the task of maintaining stability during the holiday is very important."
“The militia can arrange people here,” Song Dongzheng said.
Director Jin immediately shut his mouth.
Other departments that weren't involved had nothing to say.
Song Dongzheng looked at Secretary Lin with a friendly smile in his young eyes.
Secretary Lin's hand trembled slightly as he held the teacup, then he put it down. "In that case, Comrade Dongzheng, you should give it a try. I reserve my opinion."
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